SEOP Student Education Occupation Plan

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SEOPStudent Education Occupation Plan

• The Stuff That Dreams Are Made On
• 2009 USOE School Counselor
• Summer Conference
• Westminster College

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SEOPStudent Education Occupation Plan

• SEOP A process, not an event.
• Record of process, meetings, academic and career
  planning, assessments/inventories (academic,
  aptitude, interest) maintained by counselor in a
  student file (paper or electronic).
• Student and parent should meet with counselor a
  minimum of once each year. As students progress
  toward the senior year, the frequency of the
  meetings should increase.
• Individual planning with the counselor, counselor
  classroom visits, parent teacher conferences,
  school to home communications, as well as other
  career and school advisory activities are part of
  the SEOP.

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SEOPStudent Education Occupation Plan

• What does a SEOP Conference look like
• Student and Parents are present and typically
  complete a survey of interest items they check
  according to priority.
• Review of student progress (i.e. Attendance,
  grades, graduation requirements, criterion
  reference tests, standardized tests, aptitude
  tests, college entrance or skill training
  readiness).
• Review course and pathway planning. Planning will
  be directed at career pathway exploration within
  high school graduation requirements. Planning
  will also be directed at pathways preparation and
  entry for post secondary study.
• Review of programs available within the district
  that may assist student in gaining access to
  courses and training within their pathway.
• Goal Setting and discussion of student values and
  expectations for the future. Possible discussion
  of congruence between plans v. academic/skill
  status

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SEOPStudent Education Occupation Plan

• Planning and discussion specific to Concurrent
  that should take place in the SEOP process
• FYI of general Concurrent information. Emphasis
  placed on meeting with a college advisor to plan
  course of study and degree or certificate
  pathway.
• Students need to understand the direction they
  are going with credit. No empty credits! No
  flashlights in the forest need full
  illumination of path.
• It is critical that students meet with college
  advisors in order to fully comprehend degree
  requirements.
• It is vital that students understand the
  timelines required for admission, registration,
  and scholarship eligibility and graduation.

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SEOPStudent Education Occupation Plan

• How to access support information regarding
  programs (i.e. websites for college, USOE Early
  College, Regents).
• Creating a single transcript
• Request to send and Request for transcript
  evaluation
• Family responsibilities and The New Century
  Scholarship.
• Credit limits Families should not expect to use
  Concurrent as the only source of credit.
• Math qualification and time crunch with
  scholarship deadlines
• GPA restrictions for credit, degree program and
  to maintain a scholarship.
• Concurrent credit limits only 30, can we talk?